Shades (JJ Cale album)
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| Studio album by JJ Cale | ||||
| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (tracks 1,4,7) Columbia Studios, Nashville TN (tracks 2,6) The Lakehouse, Old Hickory, TN (tracks 3,9) Woodland Studios, Nashville TN (track 5) Paradise Studios, Hollywood CA (track 8) Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, TN (track 9) Crazy Mama Studios, Nashville TN (track 10) |
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| Genre | Blues, Americana, Tulsa Sound | |||
| Length | 33:21 | |||
| Label | UK: Island USA: MCA |
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| Producer | Audie Ashworth , JJ Cale | |||
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Shades is the sixth album by JJ Cale. Released in 1981. [2]
Track listing
All songs written by JJ Cale
- "Carry On" 2:20
- "Deep Dark Dungeon" 2:10
- "Wish I Had Not Said That" 3:23
- "Pack My Jack" 5:13
- "If You Leave Her" 2:42
- "Mama Don't" 3:50
- "Runaround" 2:42
- "What Do You Expect" 3:23
- "Love Has Been Gone" 2:13
- "Cloudy Day" 5:25
Personnel
- JJ Cale : Gut string guitar, vocals, guitar (rhythm), guitar (electric), drums, arranger, piano, bass
- Christine Lakeland : Synthesizer, piano, organ, percussion, guitar, vocals, Moog bass, gut string guitar, Keyboards
- Tommy Tedesco : Guitar
- Gordon Shrycock : Guitar
- Reggie Young : Guitar
- James Burton : Guitar
- Bill Boatman : Guitar
- Johnny Christopher : Guitar
- Tommy Cogbill : Guitar, bass
- Nick Rather : Bass
- Emory Gordy, Jr. : Bass
- Carol Kaye : Bass
- Michael Rhodes : Bass
- Jim Keltner : Drums
- Gary Allen : Drums
- Hal Blaine : Drums
- Hayword Bishop : Drums
- Kenneth A. Buttrey : Drums
- Karl Himmel : Drums
- Russ Kunkel : Drums
- Larry Bell : Keyboards, Piano
- David Briggs : Keyboards, piano
- Leon Russell : Piano
- Bill Payne : Piano
- Glen D. Hardin : Piano, keyboards
- Bobby Emmons : Organ, piano, keyboards
- Denis Solee :Saxophone
- Vigon Nahas Vigon : Art direction, design
- Helmut Werd : Photography
- Chad Hailey : Engineer
- Les Ladd : Engineer
- Audie Ashworth : Engineer, producer
- Ron Reynolds : Engineer, mixing
- Hugh Davies : Engineer, mixing
- Steve Ripley : Engineer
- Joe Mills : Engineer, mixing
Miscellaneous
The album cover, showing a gypsy guitarist behind cigarette smoke, was the pastiche of a box of Gitanes French cigarettes.
